ROWING

Evening Star, Issue 20995, 8 January 1932, Page 5

ROWING

HEWS AND NOTES [By Coxswain.]

OARSMJIN’S OUTINGS. January 16.—Port Chalmers Regatta. January 23.—Wanganui Regatta. January 29.—Championship Regatta at Hamilton. February 6.—Burkes-St. Leonards regatta. February 13.—Wellington Regatta. Easter Saturday (March 36); Queenstown Regatta. Easter Saturday (tentative) .—lnterprovincial eight-oar championship, at Picton. QUEEN’S DRIVE SUCCESSES. The feature of the Bluff regatta was the splendid results achieved by crews from the Queen’s Drive Boating Club, whose representatives carried off the largest amount of prize money £29 10s), Invercargill, Railway being next with £22 10s, Awarua £l7, Riverton £ls 10s, and Invercargill £3. Drive secured no fewer .than four firsts, a second, and a third. G. Clark and H. Pritchard won the senior double sculls, and the drive crew, comprising G. Clark, H. Pritchard, L. Fountain, and D.. Matheson, annexed the senior fours from Awarua A, with Awarua B third. Drive put up a'very fine performance, winning by three lengths, and in the senior double sculls the margin was four lengths. L. Pithie is meeting with considerable success as a stroke in the junior division, and his keenness and attention to training have been well rewarded this season. He stroked the winning junior crew at Macandrew Bay, and he and his brother, F. Pithie, not only won the

junior pairs at Bluff, but finished second in the junior double sculls. R. Anderson and D. Clark won the youths’ pairs, and the youths’ crew was third in the four-oared event. Altogether, a very fine record, and one of which the Drive Club may well be proud. SOUTHLAND’S EIGHT. Southland has at last been provided with an eight-oar boat, but what good it will be to them remains to be seen as with the boat, goes one stipulation from the council of the N.Z.A.R.A., viz:—“ It is not to be used in the interprovincial eights.” It now comes to this. Southland may, train in the boat, but to take part in the big race it will require to borrow a boat from one of the other associations ■ —a most unsatisfactory state of affairs. The only other alternative in the event of the southerners desiring to visit Picton is to get the permission of other associations to allow them to compete in the “ prohibited ” boat, which, all said and done, may not be much faster, if at all, than the other boats. Perhaps an opportunity may occur in the near future to have a try-out between Otago and Southland.

This is what a ‘ Southland Times writer has to say concerning the arrival of the new boat:—

“ Now .that the long-awaited Southland ‘ eight ’ is to hand,, interest in the forthcoming championship, has begun to quicken. Naturally there is considerable speculation among the southern oarsmen as to who will win seats in the boat—a no mean honour, especially in view of the fact that this will be the first occasion in the history of rowing in Southland that the province will jbe represented in this important annual fixture. Rivalry will run high among various aspirants, but each, no doubt, will have to prove his mettle before he is likely to find favour in the selectors’' eyes. Judging byJiis past performances and his work again this season, I consider that each of the following oarsmen should bo well in the running for selection, to the Southland ‘ eight - representative crew:—S. Bade, J. Agnew, V. Branks, A. Beer (Riverton), Tall, Burtenshaw, Johnstone, Dixon, Beaton (Awarua), and J. Hogan (Railway). In my opinion the claims to inclusion of both J. B. Pasco (Invercargill) and C. Hunter (Awarua) cannot be . lightly passed by, but these two men will have to stick to it hard if they hope to find a place against some of the other men mentioned.”'

PORT CHALMERS CLUB NOTES.The Port Chalmers Rowing Club had quite a successful outing at the Macandrew Bay Regatta, and secured two firsts, four seconds, and two thirds, being placed in every race. This was a big improvement bn the performances of toe club last season, and there seems no reason to doubt that this season will be a particularly successful one. However, the members are satisfied that the Macandrew Bay performances can be bettered, and are making every, effort to .better themselves at Port Chalmers -on Saturday week. The crews for this event should not differ much from those that Competed at Macandrew Bay. NORTH END CLUB CREWS. The North End Boating Club will be represented at the Port Chalmers Regatta, and it says something for the enthusiasm that is being shown by members that two crews will contest the senior fours, one of which will be stroked by George Duncan, who will stroke the crew he won with two years ago. It says much for the spirit existent in the club . when the president is found willing to do, his part by taking a seat in the boat. The crews have been selected as follows : Senior Fours.—No. 1: G. Duncan (st), J. Mitchell (3), E. Manson (2), A. Deans (Bow). No 2: F, Eggers, W. Marriner, P. Verngreen, and J. Hurrell. Senior Pairs.—No. 1: E. Manson (st), J. Mitchell (bow). No. 2: F, Eggers, 6. Duncan. Junior Fours.—W. Titchener, W< Marriner, P. Verngreen, E. Wilson. Junior Double Sculls.—P. Verngreen, W. Marriner. Maiden Fours.—C. Butterfield, S.Hanton, C. Barton, W. Hogg. Maiden Double Sculls.—No. 1; E.Wilson, W. Titchener. No. 2: C. Bar-* ton, J. M‘Millan. Youths’ Fours.—No. 1: D. M'Callum, J. R. Mathewson, C. A. Petherick, F.i Hogg. No. 2: G. L. Whale, R. Orange, M. Butterfield, 6. Payton. QUEEN’S DRIVE REPRESENTATIVES. The following will represent the Queen’s Drive Boating Club at Port Chalmers Regatta next week:— Senior Fours.—G. Clark, H. Pritchard, L. R. Fountain, and D. Matheson^ Senior Pairs.—No. 1; G. Clark, H{ Pritchard. No. 2: T. Porter and 6.Thorn. Senior Double Sculls.—G. Clark and H. Pritchard. Junior Fours.—L. Pithie, H. Parsons, N, Macdonald, J. Emerson. Junior Double Sculls.—L. Pithie and F. Pithie. Maiden Fours.—M. Jackson, K. Osborne, G. F. Bell, and L. Olsen. Maiden Double Sculls.—N. Macdonald and H. Parsons. Youths’ Fours.—No. 1: C- . Macdonald, D. Clark, R. Anderson’, and C. Thorn. No. 2; M. Jackson, K. Osborn, G. F. Bell, and L. Olsen. Youths’ Double Sculls.—C. Mao* donald and D. Clark. . , . NOTES. , „ The Port Chalmers ■ Regatta is the next outing for Otago oarsmen, this popular fixture being set down for. Saturday, January 16. Rowing will, of course, be the feature of the programme, but yacht and motor boat races will also be included. Queen’s Drive might have met with even more success at the Bluff Regatta but for the fact that in the youths’double sculls, its boat was swamped. Still, that is the luck of the sport. Macandrew Bay will be represented in the youths’ and maiden double sculls at the Port Chalmers Regatta next week._ The youths’ crew will comprise R. Timms and W. Poupart, and the maiden crew will be L. Hellyer and W. Timms. -Considerable keenness is being shown by the Bay boys, and a little improvement by the youths’ crew on the form shown at Macandrew Bay may find Bay well up in the placings. At the time of writing, the Otaga Rowing C.lub’s crews for the Port Chalmers Regatta had not been definitely selected, but it was anticipated that they would be much the same as those that represented the club at Macandrew Bay.